Renewable Energy

Mixture of price caps, tax cuts and cash offsets across different European countries

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: Ronan’s there, ‘I sted at the roulette table too long – stordee of me life’

Exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday as 550 projects qualify for the final stages

Futurenergy aims to build between 15-20 wind farms around the Republic

Firm will use cash to pay for energy projects capable of generating 5,000MW of electricity

185MW site is single largest project on Eirgrid’s latest ECP list of connection offers

Energy giants to invest estimated €15m in port in a move that will create 115 jobs

Rising demand for electricity could see Moneypoint operate beyond closure date

Scheme would see offshore developers bid in auction to determine electricity prices

Falling back on fossil fuel plants is incompatible with climate targets

Finance will fund late-stage development of about 50 Irish and British solar projects

Spanish-British joint venture’s proposal for 2,500MW plants involves €5.5bn investment

Government plan met with wave of complaints from public and green groups

Environmental groups claim target shy, while industry views pace of change as too swift

Norwegian energy group says 200MW plant in Co Meath may power up to 40,000 homes

Campaigners say vast areas of forest are being cut down, but defenders insist not all fuels are equal

Association says delay in key scheme will jeopardise carbon-reduction targets

Significant additional measures needed to meet latest 2030 targets, agency says

Project Emerald MD talks of State’s need to invest in and harvest the sea for electricity

State is offering €2bn in support to electricity generators over the next decade through the Renewable Energy Support Scheme

National grid operator oversees first round of new government green energy aid scheme

Bank of Ireland and European Investment Bank to finance wind farm in Offaly